| 单词 | lord's act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLord's act Lord's act n. (also Lords' act) now historical an act providing that the estate of an insolvent debtor, detained in prison for a sum of less than £100 (later £300), could be surrendered to the creditors in return for the debtor's freedom.If one of the creditors objected, the debtor had to remain in prison as long as the creditor paid four pence a day for his or her subsistence. The act was passed in 1759 and originated in the House of Lords. ΚΠ 1783 H. Cowper Rep. Court King's Bench 1774–78 73 The defendant obtained a rule to be carried to the next assizes, to be discharged on the Lord's act. 1838 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. (Electronic ed.) 39 590 They had only to extend the Lords' Act to all descriptions of debts, and every purpose of these parts of the Bill would be answered. 1964 Stud. in Romanticism 3 243 The debtor..might then, unless he could obtain the benefits of the ‘lord's act’, remain in prison for life, if his creditor wished to keep him there. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。